regular Braxton hicks at 34 weeks

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I'm 34 weeks, DC2. Regular braxton hicks contractions for past hour, not painful.

DH away and DC1 upstairs asleep.

Please reassure me it's nothing!!

Are you timing them? How far apart are they?

Between 15 minutes and 5 minutes. They're not at regular intervals thankfully

Ring your L&D ward for advice, better to get proper advice if you're worried. Xx

I had similar on Monday. Midwife told me today baby is 3/5 engaged when he was free last week. My guess is pains were him engaging. Could be similar?

Also are you dehydrated? Always get bh worse when I've not drank enough.

Change positions, drink and keep track. Ring labour ward if they continue.

I had them really regularly for the last maybe 4-5 weeks of pregnancy (also sporadically long before this). Throughout the day but sometimes every 5-10 minutes for an hour or two at a time. DH used to find the shape of my abdomen during these a source of amusement, and they used to make me breathless.

Anyway, it wasn't a problem but someone said maybe my uterus was practicing well for labour- seems it was.....2.5h active labour. Good luck and have a happy healthy rest of your pregnancy!

Thank you all! I had a bath which really helped and they settled right down.

I have a vague memory of having this with DC1, and was similar to Muse in that it lasted for weeks. I eventually had a very good labour. Midwife said something similar re practicing.

I think I just panicked as DH away.

Thanks for your help

When I had my 17 weeks scan I was having them then and could see them on the monitor! I didn't know you could have them that early but the sonographer said he's seen them from as early as the 12 weeks scan and they're perfectly normal

Glad it’s settled for you. As pp have said do stay hydrated (I didn’t take that seriously enough and ended up in hospital overnight for IV fluids and monitoring at 35 weeks when I started getting regular strong painful contractions at 10 min intervals).